Jack HobbsMy Life Story - Double Signed Star Publications 1935 - A first edition, first printing published by The Star Publications in 1935.A very good+ book SIGNED by Hobbs without dedication to the half-title page (above a gift inscription) and to the full portrait also. Some spotting to the page edges. In a very good+ dust wrapper which has a repaired to a large closed tear to the front panel. Some rubbing to the edges and a little chipping here and there. Very rare double signed by the great man (we could do with him in our Second XI next year!) [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

DURRELL, LawrencePied Piper of Lovers London: Cassell & Company, 1935. First edition of Lawrence Durrell's first novel. Highly autobiographical in character, an apprentice effort, Durrell's novel sank largely without trace. And as with so many unsold titles, the majority of copies were destroyed during the Blitz. Blue boards with the barest hint of rubbing to edges; no dustjacket, spine incorrectly lettered Pied Pipers of Lovers, bookseller's price on front free endpaper, slight spotting to fore and top-edges, otherwise a clean, solid, well-preserved copy of Lawrence's exceedingly scarce first novel.

Joyce, James; Matisse, HenriUlysses The Limited Editions Club, New York 1935 - #1459 of 1500 copies printed by The Limited Editions Club in 1935, SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR Henri Matisse at the Limitation Page. Complete with all 26 plates by Henri Matisse consisting of 6 etchings and 20 lithographic drawings. Fine in Very Good Plus lightly soiled slipcase with faint sticker shadow and small tear bottom edge at open corner. With SCARCE publisher's Newsletter and card laid in. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Limited and Numbered, Signed 1st Edition. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

Greene, GrahamThe Bear Fell Free (Signed By The Author) The First UK and sole printing published by Grayson and Grayson in 1935. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Clean original sage cloth with the gilt titling and decoration to the spine and boards remaining very bright. Slight splaying of the boards as usually encountered. Floral design with monogram to endpapers, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Light spotting to the text-block but the pages remain clean. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition. Just a hint of toning to the spine and the slightest of creasing at the lower spine end. Mild horizontal crease to front panel. Colouring and titling remain very bright. The scarce wrapper is in exceptional condition and looks very striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. This is Number 187 of 285 numbered copies Signed and Numbered by the Author. A small limitation which was never reprinted. Extremely scarce in the dust jacket. Part of the 'Grayson Books' Series, which was edited by John Hackney and comprised 12 titles in total. Collectible. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact

Rud, Anthony [Melville]THE STUFFED MEN .. New York: The Macaulay Company, [1935].. Octavo, pp. [3-10] 11-250 [251-258: blank] [note: last four leaves are blanks; text complete despite gap in pagination], original green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, top edge stained yellow. First edition. "Weird mystery thriller of the 'Yellow Peril' ilk; the Tao Tong kills inconvenient parties with 'zoospores of the banner fungus,' which breed in the bloodstream and leave them 'solid with this yellow growth!' Rud is also noted for his early WEIRD TALES story 'Ooze' (1923), and another mystery, HOUSE OF THE DAMNED (1934), inducted by Bill Pronzini into 'The Alternate Hall of Fame' in SON OF GUN IN CHEEK. His thrillers are entertainingly awful, filled with character grotesques and absurd situations." - Robert Knowlton. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 157. Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 1033. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 186 and A Spectrum of Fantasy Volume II, p. 149. Bleiler (1978), p. 171. Reginald 38043. Hubin (1994), p. 706. Spine lean, else a fine copy in very good plus pictorial dust jacket with some wear at edges, mainly spine ends, mild dust soiling to rear panel, and clipped price. (#149297)

Rud, Anthony [Melville]THE STUFFED MEN .. New York: The Macaulay Company, [1935].. Octavo, pp. [3-10] 11-250 [251-258: blank] [note: last four leaves are blanks; text complete despite gap in pagination], original blue-gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in yellow. First edition. "Weird mystery thriller of the 'Yellow Peril' ilk; the Tao Tong kills inconvenient parties with 'zoospores of the banner fungus,' which breed in the bloodstream and leave them 'solid with this yellow growth!' Rud is also noted for his early WEIRD TALES story 'Ooze' (1923), and another mystery, HOUSE OF THE DAMNED (1934), inducted by Bill Pronzini into 'The Alternate Hall of Fame' in SON OF GUN IN CHEEK. His thrillers are entertainingly awful, filled with character grotesques and absurd situations." - Robert Knowlton. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 157. Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 1033. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 186 and A Spectrum of Fantasy Volume II, p. 149. Bleiler (1978), p. 171. Reginald 38043. Hubin (1994), p. 706. A fine copy in very good plus pictorial dust jacket with some wear at edges, mainly spine ends, and mild dust soiling to rear panel. (#130453)

Sutherland, RobertZambesi Camp Fires London: Witherby & Co, 1935. First. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG to vg+. 228 pp, ill., index. Hunting throughout the consistently popular and results-producing Zambesi Valley. Including something on rifles, hunting and tracking methods. Lions and maneaters and leopards as well as elephant and rhinoceros. Also hippo, buffalo and crocodile. Very scarce hunting title and excellent reading big game hunting book. Near fine in original cloth (non authorial near inscription on front free end paper) in vg to vg+ (and screamingly rare) dust jacket. We have never offered this in dust jacket before!

Burroughs, Edgar RiceTARZAN AND THE LEOPARD MEN .. Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1935].. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-6 [7-8] 9-332 [333: ads] [334-336: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], four inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original pebbled blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange, top edge stained orange. First edition. Bleiler (1978), p. 36. Reginald 02323. Heins LeM-1. A few tiny spots to spine panel, a nearly fine copy in nearly fine first state (laminated) four-color pictorial dust jacket (reproducing wraparound painting by J. Allen St. John) with some wrinkling to the lamination (due to the application of the lamination, not abuse), a partial vertical crease to each flap, and some fading to spine panel. A nice example of a jacket more often found in lesser condition. (#151482)

FAULKNER, WILLIAM.Pylon. - New York, Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935. First limited signed edition. 20 x 14 cm. Bound with blue cloth corners and spine stamped in silver and metallic silver-coated paper-covered boards. Top edge also silver. With a frontispiece facsimile of a page of manuscript not included in the trade edition. Copy no 140 of only 310 copies SIGNED by Faulkner on colophon page. Spine faded as customary with this title, the silver lettering still good readable. [ English/American literature Genummerd / Numbered Gesigneerd / Signed ] [Attributes: Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

Wilder, Laura IngallsLittle House on the Prairie New York: Harper & Brothers, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First Edition stated, first printing with E-K date code on copyright page. Good, lacking the dust jacket. Boards slightly bowed. Cloth rubbed through at corners, chipped at top of spine and lightly to bottom, toned to spine, light soiled with a small stain to front cover. Crease to bottom corner of rear board. Gouge with a short split to top edge of front board and early pages. Pages toned, bookplate removal scar to first blank page, short tear to bottom of frontis illustration. States "First edition" on copyright page.

H. H. Fisher, Laura Matveev, KohovstovOut of My Past: The Memoirs of Count Kokovstov Stanford University Press, 1935. This is an ex-college library book, but with fewer than the usual markings. Otherwise the hardcover book appears lightly used and is near very good with shelfwear and bumped corners. There is no dust jacket. A nice example of a very scarce book. Expedited international shipping is not available. The delivery expectation for international shipping is 7-32 business days, depending upon customer location. . Hard Cover. Good. Ex-Library.

Scrugham, James G. (editor)Nevada, A Narrative of the Conquest of a Frontier Land. Comprising the Story of Her People from the Dawn of History to the Present Time Chicago and New York: American Historical Society, Inc, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Three volumes, uniformly bound in textured brown cloth (simulating leather) with embossed illustration of a western scene. Marbled edges and endpapers. Vol. I, 634 pp; Vol. II, 507 pp; Vol. III, 528 pp. Illustrations from photographs, portraits. All three volumes with very light rubbing to extremities, internally unmarked and sound, with minor foxing on just a few pages. Volume II (only) has minor water damage (rippling) to the top margin of the last third of the volume. Paher 1755: "A set of Scrugham is a valuable part of any Nevada library; it is in several ways the most desirable of the major state histories published." Includes many biographical sketches of prominent citizens as well as a solid survey of the pioneer era, political development, mining and industry, etc.

Twain, MarkUNPUBLISHED DIARIES OF MARK TWAIN New York: Hearst's International-Cosmopolitan, 1935. Original Wraps. Fine. Quarto. First appearance of these diaries by Mark Twain, in the August and September (1935) issues of Hearst's Cosmopolitan Magazine. Two issues, original pictorial wrappers; housed within a custom half-leather slipcase.

ROMILLY (Giles) & (Esmond)Out of Bounds: the education of Giles Romilly and Esmond Romilly [London]: Hamish Hamilton 1935 - Spine slightly faded, some spotting of edges and prelims; dustwrapper rather worn, with some internal tape repairs. "Written with vigour and in accurate detail, [the book] affords an account, at once enlightening and provocative, of public and preparatory school life. The authors make a sweeping attack on the basis of personal experience, but they are sentimentalists no more of the 'isn't fagging wicked?' than of the 'Old School Tie' variety . . . Giles Romilly is eighteen, and Esmond sixteen, years old" (publisher's blurb). It begins: "The first days of going to school are always memorable; every detail of preparation, departure, arrival, stands out clearly in the mind for years afterwards. I can remember no day so vividly as that on which I first went to Seacliffe School, Seaford, unless perhaps the first day at Wellington College, Berkshire. I can remember what kind of day it was - warm and stuffy, like the inside of a taxicab - and what time I got up in the morning, and what I had for lunch." Aged 18, Esmond married Jessica Mitford. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

James T. DeShieldsTall Men with Long Rifles The Naylor Co., San Antonio, TX 1935 - This volume is complete with the rare jacket and the author's signature on the limitation page where it shows that this is #38 of 500 copies. The book is complete but the pages are tanned, brittle & fragile, fo bookplate on the front pd, 1 small closed tear on the front flyleaf, some nibbling on some of the cover's edges, 2 bumped corners, front flyleaf torn - repaired with acid free tape. The jacket is also brittle w/nibbling on the edges, as well as spots & closed tears. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Language: eng Language: eng [Attributes: Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

Patrick, Q (Richard Wilson Webb and Mary Louise (White) Aswell)THE GRINDLE NIGHTMARE New York: The Hartney Press, 1935. First edition. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket with mild shelf wear to spine ends and corner tips, a vertical crease crease to the spine panel and some age darkening to the rear panel. An uncommon book in jacket. (20932). Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-285 [286-288: blank], cloth. From the brief review in The Saturday Review, August 10, 1935 - "Murderous madman loose in New England valley kills animals and humans until young doctor traps him. Hereby awarded Malignancy Medal for 1935. More nasty people and unpleasant events you'll never find between two covers."

FRAZER, James GeorgeThe Golden Bough: A Study in Mafic and Religion (copmlete set of all 11 volumes, plus bibliography and supplemental volume, "Aftermath") New York: Macmillan Company, 1935. Third Edition. Very good. Octavo, 11 volmes plus bibliography and supplemental volume (13 volumes total). Overall a very good set in the original green gilt-stamped cloth. Spines not faded, but several volumes have a few nicks to the spine ends. Hinges just starting or just cracked in a few volumes. Internally quite clean and bright. The supplemental volume, "Aftermath," was published in 1937, and is in good (only) condition, with scuffing and wear to the front board and a relatively (to the other volumes) darkened spine. Still, a nice collection of this important set.

Shaw, Robert K.Noel. Christmas Echoes Down the Ages, Recaptured by Robert K. Shaw Worcester: Achille J. St. Onge, 1935. (30)ff. One of 278 copies. This copy is unnumbered and inscribed "with high regard" by the author to Mrs. J. H. Soliday, i.e. H. Marion Soliday, a noted collector and member of the LXIVMOS. With her daughter and son-in-law, she wrote "Chats About Miniature Books," a true miniature book about miniature books. Also included with this copy are two sample leaves of a proposed second edition of the book that was never published. The leaves show two different settings of the title page and first two text pages, dated 1957. Noel was produced by the same companies that printed and bound the disastrous Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson in 1943, of which all but 33 copies were destroyed by St. Onge because of their poor quality. It is possible that St. Onge planned to republish Noel in a larger edition using a different printer and binder, but never completed the project. A collection of poetic tributes to Christmas, Noel was written by Robert K. Shaw, a librarian at the Worcester Public Library and microbibliophile whose article on miniature books led St. Onge to publish this, his first miniature book, in 1935. Frontispiece of the Madonna and child by Bernardino dei Conti, courtesy of the Worcester Art Museum, tipped in. An extremely fine, crisp copy in full red leather with the title in gilt on the front cover. A unique example of one of the most sought after St. Onge titles. (Massmann 1; Welsh 6350; Bondy, p. 169; MBC I: No. 3, p. 5; Bradbury, p. 251). (2 7/16 by 1 11/16; 62x44mm).

Malinowski, B.Coral Gardens and Their Magic. A Study of the Methods of Tilling the Soil and of Agricultural Rites in the Trobriand Islands New York: The American Book Company, 1935. First American edition from British sheets. 116 illustrations from photographs, 27 sketch maps, diagrams and figures including 2 folding. xxv, [i], [1]-500; xxxi, [i], 350 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Spines sunned, else fine. Signed in both volumes by Ashley Montagu. First American edition from British sheets. 116 illustrations from photographs, 27 sketch maps, diagrams and figures including 2 folding. xxv, [i], [1]-500; xxxi, [i], 350 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Superb Association Copy. With a Typed Note Signed laid in: "That Coral Garden and Their Magice [sic] came to be published by the American Book Company was due to the fact I introduced Malinowski to the President ... Ashley Montagu ...".

Yankees1935 New York Yankees contract for Vito Tamulis signed by Hall of Famer Will Harridge and initialed by HOFer Ed Barrow who has signed owner Jacob Ruppert's name. [New York], April 2, 1935. 8.5" X 11". "Partly Printed Document Signed "Vito Tamulis / 132 Bowen Street. / So. Boston, Mass." Witnessed by "Isabella Tamulis." [New York], April 2, 1935, four pages, 8.5" x 11", on two conjoined sheets, front and verso. Completed by typewriter. Signed on filing portion "William Harridge" as American League President and above Brown's signature "Jacob Ruppert (B)" by Edward Barrow, Yankees Business Manager. Fine condition.Will Harridge (1883-1971), A.L. President from 1931-1958, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. Edward Barrow (1868-1953), was inducted into the Baseball HOF in 1953. As Business Manager from 1920-1945, Barrow's Yankees won 14 American League pennants and 10 World Series.Southpaw Vitautris Casimirus Tamulis (1911-1974) began his major league career with the New York Yankees on September 25, 1934, hurling 5-0 shutout in Philadelphia against Connie Macks' Athletics. Vito allowed just seven singles. Lou Gehrig hit his 48th home run of the season. In 1934, Gehrig won his only Triple Crown, leading the major leagues in home runs (49), batting average (.363), and RBIs (165). After the 1934 season, Babe Ruth signed as a free agent with the Boston Braves.From BaseballLibrary.com about Vito Tamulis: "The fun-loving junkballer couldn't stick with the staid Yankees despite a 10-5 rookie 1935 season [for which he was paid $3000 according to this contract]. He landed in Brooklyn, where fans loved his encounters with Cardinals slugger Johnny Mize. Tamulis would come halfway to the plate, telling Mize he would strike him out with his rainbow change. Mize would often take futile swings at the floater.""

James, WillHOME RANCH New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. A fine, very fresh copy in a near fine and bright dust jacket with some very shallow chips from the spine crown and foot. Will James. This copy has both the Scribner seal and the "A". Neat ink gift inscription on the front endpaper; "Bill / from / Helen / Christmas-1935." Neat bookseller tiny sticker to extreme bottom right of front pastedown (Sante Fe). A very bright solid copy with a 'Will James Bookmark" laid in. Made for this book, measures 3 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches, printed on yellow stock with illustrations and, on one side, a 'letter-like' message from the author is printed (handwriting style), and, Will James -35. The opposite side of the bookmark has a bibliography, illustrations by the author, and the publisher name at the bottom.

VAN DINE, S.S.THE GARDEN MURDER CASE. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935., New York - First edition. Former owner's name on front pastedown sheet, completely hidden by the dust jacket flap, else fine, bright copy in price-clipped dust jacket with some minor professional restoration to spine ends and corners. While attending the running of one of America's great handicap horse races, Philo Vance, who is there playing the ponies, hears a shot and is the first to discover the body. His investigation leads him into the world of "hay burners," book-makers, betting, jockeys, and handicapping. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

Connelly, Marc"The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck Culver City, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation, 1935. Edges rumpled, staining, especially to front wrapper, few edge nicks; apart from soil to first three or four pages, internally clean.. 4to, 119 mimeograph pages, brad bound in pale blue wrappers, stamped "Complete" and with the MGM Script Dept label on front. Very early version of the screen adaptation of Buck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel -- it would also propel her to the Nobel Prize for Literature. Connelly (whose name is misspelled as "Connolly" on the front wrapper) was among the early writers to attempt the adaptation from the stage version. There were some twenty writers ultimately involved before the film, directed by Sidney Franklin (with an uncredited assist from Victor Fleming) and starring Paul Muni and Luise Rainer, opened in 1937. The film was nominated for Academy Awards in most major categories, including Best Picture and Director, and won two: one for Luise Rainer as Best Actress (it was the second of Rainer's back-to-back Oscars, a feat unmatched for many years and which led ironically to the abrupt end of her film career -- she would live on in Europe until 2014, when she died at age 104) and one for cinematographer Karl Freund. This is an early, and rather rough, shooting script. On a few pages there are pencil annotations in a mixture of German and English. We have not been able to compare handwriting to determine whether it might be that of Rainer or Freund.

George Washington CarverAs director of part of the Tuskegee Institute, George Washington Carver writes a heartfelt letter to his first polio patient, a former student at Tuskegee Tuskegee, Alabama: , August 1, 1935. Tuskegee, Alabama, August 1, 1935. 8.5" x 11". "Typed Letter Signed â€